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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-19
Sensations at High Altitude.


The effects Of the rarity Of the atmos-
phere were felt a. soon a. the start was
made, and II was impossible % proceed
more than few yards without stopping
to take breath. The ascent was made in
zigzars. and naturally res; was taken
At the end Of each direct line. At the
start. 70 climb for eight minutes and rest
five was considered making very good
time. II was not long before a resi- Of
eight minutes was required for every four
Of climbing. and after half the ascent
was made We rested more frequently snd
without exerting ourselves % sit down
We thrust our slaves into the snow and
leaned our heads upon them. Drowsi-
ness overlook Us, and progress became
mechanical We moved, only a. spurred
on by our ever watchful guides. II lef1
% ourselves We would have fallen asleep.
Cur hearts beat xith fearful rapidify and
the breath became shorter and shorter
Ringing sensations in the head ike those
produced by large doses Of quinine, we're
experienced The most acute pains shot
through the skull Conversation Was
suspended. except among the guides. and
their voices fell on our ears a. if coming
from a great distance. IL was impossible
to tell what progress Vas being made. for
the top and bottom seemed equidistanf
all the way up We barely escaped the
most severe experience likely to occur 70
those who reach that high elevation
bleeding at the nose, mouth and ears.
II would have been the signal that we
had gone too far, that heart and lungs
refused 10 submit further. and He should
have placed ourselves in the hands Of
our guides % be carried back to Tzma-
eas.
Oar physical endurance vas stretched
almost to its limit by the time the head
guide shogtesi. Here We arr smell the
sulphur {" The Whit Of sulphero,1s smoke
which greeted our Bo-trils, telling ths;
our task Was nearly completed and rest
wss at band, acted ike powerful stin-
ulanf We aEOke for final effort, press
q on. and rested not until We stood
breathless upon the summit Of Pepoeafe-
pelt.-drtbsrr Hgsour,i lN-oR N Tis 48er-
icsfn Hrgozsas
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-19
How to go to Sleep Soon.

] bad frequently noticed that, when
engaged in deep thought. particularly At
night. there seems to be something ike
compression Of the eyeiids, the upper
one especially. and the ewes themselves
were apparently turned Up xar,i. as if
looking in that direction. SAYS a writer
IN Giaas5er's Josu7sal. This invariably
occurred, and the moment that. by an
effort, arrested the course Of thought.
and freed the mind from the subject
with which if was engaged. the eyes re-
sumed their natural position and the
compression Of the lids ceased.
Now, 1t occurred % me one night that
would not allow the eyes to turn up
ward, but kept them deternineily in
the opposite position, as Il looking down.
and having done - for a short time, !
found that the mind did not revert to the
thoughts with which II had been oecu-
pied, and soon fell asleep l iried the
alan again with the same result and
sfer an experience Of two years / can
truly say that. unless when something
really annoying or worrying occurred. /
have always been able to 20 70 sleep
very shortly after retiring % rest.
There may occasionally Be some difh-
Guilty in keeping the eyes in the position
have described, but = determi ned ef-
fort 70 30 80 Is al that Is required. and
! am certain that if kept in the down
looking position, IL viii be found that
oOmposure and sleep xiu be the result.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-19

1t Is whispered tha; good pastor. q
widower, proposed 10 young lady re-
Gently, but was rejected His feelings
lad second severe test when . widow
neighbor sent him the following text 70
preach from: You ask and receive not,
because you ask q miss-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-19

Harper's Ferry, over which a blight
seems to have hung since brave old John
Brown was executed there, is looking up
again. 4 paper and pulp mill, to be the
largest in the United States. Is being
erected there, and several foundries are
10 be started A rapid increase in popn-
lafion is looked for
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-19

An Iowa girl who was voted the hand
soonest lady in the county tainted away
three times in succession when the Joy
fnl news was brought to her 4 differ
ent man caught her each time
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-19
loss OF APPETITE.
SICK HEADACHE,
BAD BREATH. Eth.

The Treatment o. io-lsti s.afisl does nof consisz
merely IN lnlisdlaE tie ts1He3s- The me1iclBe
nl1s1 uds c-liy scl ulzrgaffre- bsi he TOME
vel and nt T|r1iucf af:er Is izSe greater co.
UFencse To SECURE d rezlia- h4tsf q body
Hilhalf changing rhe 1ieG o. diserEaz-izing the
sFEiem
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-19

A fashionable lady, in boasting of her
new palatial residence. said that the
windows we're all Of stained glass
That's too bad . cried her mother ~but
won't soap and turpentine take the stains
out -
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-19

A new color in ladies' dress goods is
called SPANKED baby OF course Il y
loud.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-19

WHY viii yoa cough when shiloh's
Cure viii give immediate relief. Price,
10 cents, 80 cents. and 81. sold by Geo.
W. Benford & son
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-19

This country consumed eighty-one and
one-half tons of quinine during the last
year, And yet even that great dose Was
not able to keep the country from shak-
ing
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-19

HACKMETACK.7 lasting and fra
grant perfume. Price 3 and 20 cents
Sold BY Geo. " Benford & Son
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-19

SHILOH : Catarrh Remedy positive
cure for cafzrrh, diphthe.ia and eanker
mouth Sold By Geo. W Benford & son
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-19

A French steamer that reached New
York last week brought 100000 in
gold
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-19

The " corsage, which Is 70 be more
fashionable than ever this season y -
called because il costs several . vs.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-19

Miss Nina sharp, Of Hartford. i said
70 b. the most accomplished vioIinist in
the amateur world she i also young
and pretty.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-19

The Sultan of Morocco is hard man to
kill
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-19
CONSTIPATION

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| ls NJ nlesIiusH llrgslxh y hseh 1lss4s+ often
a-Hsck X the system hr the ABSORPTION Il ysi-
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xrE-Itsi fr9,l te hia-s1 to T-lsid1ee Nature
eaiha-riu Eld + generailY aaro5alAniep Hith
-zfeh results a.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-19

~ arieutiou- after slfering uiIa CoIls1irus-
-iel Tor rao er rhret years WEs called @ Sfsn-
rlo-- i lTar Regulator ard. having tired sl-nusl
everything f-ss t71lcllsiei o. trv 81 FRI tpak
a Bineeiassfll. and af.eraarls rciured the dose
% tsassEs1Ilul aft1r directions afser each nleai-
found that e bad done me - nluch good chat I
continued e SlT1i took tao baITiss since then
haze UsF eE r-e-leIlee-i any difficulty. ! keep g
n ry Huu-t ard a9uid nos ht without H. hut
b1re no u~s fr 10 Z hagi1g cured ne EsiE'iE
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-10-19

We bsve al-sur sour fimes the room We had a;
olr farlner place q business better hcht the best
veuiilaIioH. and much mare comfortable place
iu every Ezy - transact our large and growing
business spec:Alfies in ihe following LiDes q
tioois
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-29
METAMORPHOSIC.

Wichita. Kansas, Is the most electric
| lighted city on the continent. People liv-
| ing in the city and suburbs know no night
or day. Often men wake up at p. m
go out for stroll, meet a friend on the
| walk and greet him good morning,
guess its going to be pleasant day." The
morning milk wagon Is just as apt to drive
| up to ones door at midnight as any other
time. Chickens and turkeys go to roost al
all hours; frequently while some are Jump
ing off the roost, others are jumping on,
hence their growing is constant. Street
fakirs 90 on the street at o'clock at night
to sell goods while the blind organ grinder
over the way is hauling In the pennies.
Young SWANS make their after
noon call at o'clock Ia
the morning and retire just before dinner.
Night marauding is unknown, hence the
policeman's life Is one of envious serenity.
In fact everything is light, even the hearts
of the business men and the house wife's
bread from Kansas wheat. Young men,
If you want light go west.-Charlotte
Mich Tribune.
To person who has never lived any
where but in some eastern town or city,
where the murky atmosphere catches the
fog and smoke as 1t sluggishly rises from
bogs and chimneys and holdsit as gloomy
veil above them, shutting out the
suns rays by day and intensity
ing the shades of night into
cimmerian darkness SO dense that the un-
steady, dull glimmer of the .allow dip and
the flicker of the sulphurous vapor, an
apology for gas. cannot penetrate the length
of walking cane, we say to person thus
situated visit to Wichita is very revela
tion and 1t is no wonder that when they
have experienced what 1t Is to live In Wich-
ita where the clear, pure, rarifed atmos-
phere admits the gorgeous sun light in all
its effulgent brightness, and where night is
rendered but little less luminous by electric
currents as they leap from the carbon
points into every nook and corner
chasing even the semblance of a shadow
away-no wonder the transition produces
In such an one sensation akin to seraphic
bliss But we assure the Tribune man that
while his pen portraiture of Wichita is ac
curate In comparison with the places above
described, yet life in Wichita Is an entity,
full of cares and solicitude, interviewer
though it be with pleasures and delights
and successes rarely attained by mortals,
and to those who rightly appreciate the all
but indescribable benefactions, it is very
garden, hard by the Elysian fields.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-29
WRONG ALL AROUND

1t would seem that the Wichita courts
are determined to create respect for the
prohibitory law in that city at any cost
A drug clerk, who pleaded guilty to $500
counts In an Indictment for violations of
this law, has been sentenced to seventeen
years imprisonment and to pay fine of
$2,800 1t is safe to say this sentence will
never be enforced. and that it was not in
tended to be. Its severely is out of all
proportion to the offense 1t was rendered
either for the purpose of striking terror to
the hearts of other lawbreakers, or to
make the law itself obnoXious-most likely
the latter. The city authorities at Wichita
have never been friendly to the prohibitory
law, and 1t is possible that the courts there
are similarly inclined-El Dorado Times.
Wrong all around. Tho young man
pleaded guilty to POS counts to the indict
ment against him and not $500; his fines
aggregated 500, 800 and not 50 800. The
sentence of the court was imposed In
accordance with the letter of the law gov
erning the case and 1t was not for the court
to say whether It should be executed or
not; it was rendered for the same purpose
that all penalties are assessed, i. e., to pun
ish the offender as well as to deter others
from committing similar offenses, and not
to make the law itself obnoxious. Nor
are the city authorities of Wichita I'M
friendly to the prohibtory law; on the con.
trary the new city administration chosen
last spring by the citizens of Wichita were
honestly and conscienciously endeavoring
to enforce the law when their authority
was usurped by a foreign power, and
was succeeding to the satisfaction
of all save perhaps few
enthusiasts who desired the more speedy
accomplishment Of whist was being done
than the steady processes of the law seemed
to be effectipg.
AS for the intimation that the court Is
hostile to the law and that Its decision In
this case was influenced by personal feel
ings, 1t is simply an aspersion upon the
good name and official integrity of Judge
Wall, than whom there is not a more hon
orable or conscientious judge In the state,
aud is wholly unwarranted by anything
connected with this case or his official
carppr
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-29

Il is a notable and important fact tha
the commercial strength Of this country
never was greater or our financial stability
more firm. Speaking of the causes fol
this condition an eastern contemporary
very forcibly remarks:
L: comes from the greater firmness Of our
financial constitution. A weak person will
be staggered by slight blow or push,
which would not be felt by one
in full blood and health. There is
larger aggregate, say by ten fold, of
material resources. Then, all business en-
terprises ran in light tonnage and light bal
last, and were tossed by the waves of even
moderate sea. Enterprises are now on a
larger scale, while holding reserves that
enable them to look without alarm at
storms that engulf millions. The range
of business securities conserve and strength
en- each other The great railways are
but so many ribs that give solidity to the
whole body of commerce. We are so
braced and buttressed on
every side that financial storms may beat
against the structure with little effect.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-29
THE C. a. R. BOYS ABROAD.

The following extract is taken from the
Nevada, Mo-, Democrats two column de
scriptlon of the trains bearing the Kansas
veterans to the Grand Army encampment
at St. Louis Wichita stands out promi
nentlY on the foreground here SIS she does
everywhere, In comparison:
Most of the trains were tastefully decor
ated with flags and streamers The trains
bearing the Kansas veterans were profuse.
ly adorned. Streamers with pictures and
inscriptions, samples of Kansas products.
wheat, corn, oats, etc, being placed upon
the sides and tops of the coaches The
section of trains bearing the Wichita,
Eureka, Mcpherson and Newton posts, at
| tracked particular attention. The people
of Kansas never neglect an opportunity to
advertise their state.
One special train contained $50 and an
other sixty veterans and citizens from
Wichita. who wifi attend the encampment.
Murray Myers, commander of the First
regiment of Kansas, stated to representa-
tive of the Democrat that Garfield Post
contained eco members The different
roads running out of Wichita carried other
members to the encsmpmeut. The stream
ers decorating the - coaches on
the Wichita train attracted attention
and elected much comment Upon one
corner Of a streamer was picture
representing 8 little grasshopper hitched to
two-wheeled vehicle loaied with huge
ears Of corn, sud smother little grssshopper
was seated on the corn driving. The God
dess os Liberty was also represented on
another part of the canvass, seated upon
the globe Many Inscriptions OF different
kinds were painted upon the streamers
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-29

When Mr.. Dillon in his speeches in Ire
land says that the United States Is back
of the home rule movement he doubtless
means simply to encourage his hearers
with the assurance of public sympathy
here for the Irish cause rather than point
to practical demonstration of the idea,
else ne is not familiar with the facts Of the
case as applied to this country. The Uni
ted States does not allow over quarter of
million people in It's capital to have
home rule. Congress governs the District
of Columbia with more arbitrary power
than the British government rules 10 the
cities of Ireland There the people elect
their own municipal officers In Washing
ton nobody is allowed to vote. 1t Is not
necessary to pursue the parallel any fur
ther The one instance is perhaps enough
to refute the misleading statement OF the
noted Irish patriot
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-29
RAILWAY MATTERS,

1t is understood that 81. A Low will gc
to Atchison this week to make arrange
ments with the Missouri Pacific for an
entrance into the city for the Rock Island.
On October / the Santa Fe will com
mence running four trains daily between
Pueblo and Denver, and will shorten the
trip to and from Kansas City four and one
half hours.
The Wichita s. Western railroad yester-
day filed its annual report with the railroad
commissioners. The mileage of this road
Is "A miles; the number of passengers car
ried during the year were &c, III; the num-
Der of tons of through freight carried is
"a, 536; the total earnings of the company
from all sources was $2S3, 40; the total
expenses were $219, $50; the rate of dividend
paid Is per cent on common stock.
The following new Santa Fe branches
have been completed and will be put in
operation on next Saturday, Oct / Null
vane eutension, from 6pivey to West
Haven, Comanche county; Larned exten-
sion, from Burdette to Jetmore; Strong
City extension, from Gladstone to Man
chester; Ellinor extension, from Ellinor to
Bazaar; Benedict extension, from Toronto to
Madison; Augusta extension, from Augusta
to Mulvane; the Southern Kansas and
Panhandle railroad, from the east line OF
Clark county to Ashland; the Denver -
Santa Fe railway from Pueblo to Denver.
The railroad commissioners have receiy-
ed their annual report of the Chicago, Kan
sas 6 Nebraska road, which makes very
interesting showing, and taking into con-
sideration that one year ago this company
did not have a mile of railroad in Kansas.
the showing is remarkable one. The re-
port says: The capital stock Of the com
pany is $50, 200, 900, and the amount of
stock issued to build and equip the road is
$12 5S7 800; the total amount Of paid up
stock and debt is $40, ,557, 800; the total
cost of construction and equipment Is S1O.-
562, 716, the length of the line In Kansas Is
322 miles. The equipment of the road Is
as follows: Twenty locomotives, 10 pas
senger cars, Is express and baggage cars.
1 200 box cars, 300 stock cars. 300 flat cars.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-29

Kansas, with sorghum, is not to be al
lowed TO monopolize sugar production.
c California, with the beet, is to enter the
field, In which 1t has been experimenting
not very successfully for some years. But
now Claus Spreckles, the great California
sugar king, has just returned from Ger
many, where he has been investigating the
beet sugar industry. He intends to intro
duce the industry into this country, and he
says the United States will become the
greatest beet sugar manufacturing country
in the world. He announces his intention
to build factory In California that will
turn out forty tons Of sugar every twenty
four hours Nevertheless Kansas finds
abundant consolation in the fact that
America is a mighty big country. and that
all the folks who live in it are stuck on
taffy, so to speak, and as long as that is the
case, there will be no danger of quitting
the market, even with Mr. Spreckles
product thrown in.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-29

Senator ingalls, closed his eloquent ad.
dress at the constitutional celebration In
Philadelphia with the folio wing paragraph:
"The next century will witness a growth
In glory. wealth and prosperity In this re.
public which the Imagination cannot con
ceive, and to which the annals of nations
afford no precedent or parallel Perils
there may be without and dangers within,
but the rolling drums and the martial tread
of the armed hosts that yesterday saulted
the flag are an assurance of the determine
ton of the people to make this govern
ment of laws and not of men, and against
anarchist, or nihilist or foreign foe to pre-
serve unimpaired those sacred objects for
which the constitution was ordained
union. justice, tranquility, liberty for our
selves and for our posterity.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-29
There Is a boy in this town with bright

There is boy in this town with bright
prospects before him. Although he Is
only four years old he chews plug tobacco,
smokes p pes and swears Ike soldier IN
Flanders. In six more years he will be
ripe for reformation and the glorious work
of evangeiization. An evangelist ten years
of age would simply sweep the country OF
sin,-Atchison Globe.
Wichita, we are sorry to know. has a
compatriot to the bright hopeful In Atch
ison. The writer saw him few evenings
since toddling along after his father on
Douglas avenue putting away at cigar,
the little fellow yet enswaddled with the
triangular linen held In place by the con-
ventional safety pin.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-29

Somebody asked for the definition and
origin of the term politics and the follow
ing responses are given:
Politics began when Joseph was sold
out by his brethern.-New Orleans Plea
yune.
Politics originated long before that Has
our esteemed Southern contemporary
never heard how they were all paired in
the Ark.-New York World.
Earlier, even, than that Politics be-
gan with the appearance Of third party
In Eden-New York Sun.
The genealogy is good as far as traced,
but in view of the fact that the term is ap-
plicable solely to human government and
therefore of divine origin 1t is no sacrilege
to foil ow it back to the very first instance
of which we have any record, that is,
when the last mentioned third party was
discovered at his trickery and fired bodily
out of the celestial regions
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-29

The Democrats seem determined to force
politics into the Grand Army Of the Re
public as an organization, or vice versa,
whichever way 1t may be put, Among those
prominently mentioned for the position Of
cammander-in-chief to succeed General
Fairchild Is that excellent soldier and gen
tleman, General Slocum, and as If give his
claims preference, Democrats outside the
organization are urging his election be
cause "he is a Democrat and the Dem
ocrats ought to have show" General
Slocum has the cspability of making an
efficient chief executive and he may BE-
chosen 10 that position; If he is 1t will not
be because of the imprudent opportunities
Of his political bsckers, but In spite OF
them, and solely because of his fitness for
Il. Ii is hoped that the uniform good sense
and wise dis cretion which have character
lied the actions Of the G. \. r. ever since
lis organization will continue to control it,
and that Il will hold itself aloof from politics
and politicians: but Il may be we'll for
Intermediates to remember that there is 3
point beyond which endurance ceases TO be
a virture, and that Il Is possible foz them 10
draw rebuke from the non partisan G. A.
R. seyerer than any 1t has in self defense
been compelled to administer heretofore.
Cant C.. 3 Norton. of Mitchell county;
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-29

Governor Carlisle, in the current num-
Der of the Forum, appears In a papel
which will command wide reading, as it,
for the most part, deals with the live poht-
ical Issues of the day in a very straightfor-
ward manner. 1t commences to look as
though the Governor was the biggest gun
In the national Democratic party. His cal
ibre is undoubted and its greatness is by no
means diminishing.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-29

Old Probabilities at Washington, whose
Office Is close under the house in which is
temporarily sojourniDg the man who
wasn't invited to st. Louis, is dishing up
the G. A. r. boys terrific dose of wealth
er, while the imam of destiny" comforta-
bly, lays back waiting for the sunshine
which cold PROPS" will fix up for the west
next week. Herein lie some of the disad-
vantages of a Democratic administration
and il will be In order to 'cuss" the mug
wumps who broughtit all about.